Hi James, We had a wet winter in London but an incredibly dry Spring. It got to the stage where they were threatening a hosepipe ban. The allotment soil is light and free draining, the beds are edged with wood which in some areas has started to rot, and the paths are covered with wood chippings. I often see a dozen or more earwigs when pulling a weed but recently tidying away my seed trays I was shocked by hundreds of them between the trays. I would like to try and change my growing conditions so as to be less attractive to them.